Kōkopu Newsletter

Kia ora Kōkopu whānau,

We have had another couple of weeks filled with exciting learning experiences and enriching activities. At Kōkopu School, we strive to provide a well-rounded curriculum with high expectations for academic progress, complemented by engaging and motivating opportunities that allow every student to shine.

I have been very impressed with our writing across the school so far this year. In particular, I was very interested to read some of Room 6’s writing about Ai taking over teachers' jobs. Even more interesting was that I asked two Room 6 girls to come and help me finish of an AI project that will make reading easier in junior classrooms. A happy coincidence!!

We have also had Northland Rugby and Kiwi North come out to school in the last few weeks. These opportunities give our students broad learning experiences.

The student council had a very successful dress-up day, making $200 to go towards some new lunchtime play equipment. A big thank you to Completely Drained, who donated the new skateboards. www.completelydrained.co.nz

Last week Room 3 and 4 went out to Tangihua Lodge camp for 4 full days of bush camp activities and fun. The rain was steady, but that made the whole experience just that bit more memorable. This week Room 5 and 6 go out, but the weather is looking a lot better. A big thank you to Ricky Schraag who did the possum trapping, skinning and de-furring activities for the kids. Also, to Jono Peters and Pacific Gold, who donated a lot of our meat for the week.

Our Zone Swimming sports at Maungatapere School went well. Our students did a great job and should be very proud of their achievements. A big thank you to Maungatapere School for the use of their pool and facilities.

Nga mihi nui

Yaron Overeem

Principal

Next week on, Tuesday 24th March, we will have our annual Bike Day. This is an opportunity to bring your bike to school for a practice for our triathlon which will be held the next day, and get a safety check. Please contact your child's teacher or the school office if you need a bike for the triathlon. Bikes can be left at school over night, locked up in the classrooms ready for the triathlon.

On Wednesday 25th March we will have our triathlon here at school. As you may know the pool is still under construction so we can't have swimming as an event in our triathlon, but we have replaced this with a water slide. The events will be in order of water slide, biking and running. Children will need to bring their togs and towels please. When they have completed the water slide they will need to wear closed in shoes and a safety helmet for the biking part of the event. All children compete in this event. We start at 10am with Room 1 followed by Rooms 2, 5, 3 and 4, and 6. The children will compete in their year groups. Lunch will be at 12.30. Everyone is welcome to come along to school and support the children at this event.

Year 7 and 8 team will be going to EPro 8 Challenge on Tuesday 24th March at 4pm

Year 5 and 6 team will be going to EPro 8 Challenge on Thursday 26th March at 9.30am

A note will be sent home with the children of each team who have been selected.

Good luck to you all!

Camp 2

Room 6 (Year 7-8) – Tuesday 17th March – Friday 20th March (3 Nights)
Room 5 (Year 3-4) - Tuesday 17th March - Thursday 19th March (2 nights)

We hope you all have an exciting camp like our Year 5 and 6 students did and we are hoping for nice weather for you too!

On Tuesday 21st April, first week back for term 2, we will have a camp meeting @ 5.30pm in Room 1.

If you haven't already filled in the permission or parent helper forms, please do so as soon as possible.

This is the link here to the forms on our school website.

Don't forget Lunch Orders are available at school

• Pizza Fusion - Tuesday
• West End Sushi - Thursday
• Titoki Store - Friday

Order for the whole term. Order the night before - or even by 9am on the day. Perfect for busy households and bare pantries. Scan the QR code below to order:

Term 1 2026

Mon 09/02 - Room 6 Tech at Manaia View School and every Monday for Term 1 and 2

Wed 11/02 - Kapa Haka and every Wednesday for terms 1, 2, 3 & 4

Tue 17/03 to Fri 20/03 - Room 6 Camp Tangihua

Tue 17/03 to Thu 19/03 - Room 5 Camp Tangihua

Mon 23/03 - Board of Trustees Meeting 5.30pm

Tue 24/03 - Bike Day

Tue 24/03 - Year 7 & 8 Epro 8 @ 4pm

Wed 25/03 - Triathlon

Thu 26/03 - Year 5 & 6 Epro 8 @ 9.30am

Thu 02/04 - Last day of Term 1

Fri 03/04 - Good Friday Easter

Term 2 2026

Mon 20/4 Start of Term 2

Thu 30/04 to Fri 1/05 - Room 1 and 2 Auckland Camp

2026 Term Dates

• Term 1: Tuesday 3 February – Thursday, 2 April
• Term 2: Monday, 20 April – Friday, 3 July
• Term 3: Monday, 20 July – Friday, 25 September
• Term 4: Monday, 12 October – Tuesday, 15 December

All children are required to wear hats while outdoors this term as part of our sun safe policy 🌞

Please name all hats, shoes and any other clothing so our lost property bin stays empty for a while.

Lyn Moase will be taking guitar and ukelele lessons again this year starting on Wednesday 11th February. Please phone Lyn on 0212979437 if you would like to book your child/children in for lessons.

Room 6 will travel by bus into Manaia View School on Mondays for Technology lessons.

Please ensure all Year 7 & 8 students are here by 9am to catch the bus.

We would love to welcome new members to our PTA. Any help with events on the food stalls would be appreciated. i.e. Swimming Sports, Triathlon etc. If you are interested in joining us or helping out please contact Amy Pugh phone 0211729388.

As a parent at Kokopu School you have access to our free Qustodio – Parent Internet Monitoring App and online safety advice. The Qustodio Parent App is a comprehensive parental control and digital wellbeing app designed to help you manage and supervise your child’s online activities. With over 6 million parents and 24,000 schools worldwide using Qustodio, it stands out as one of the most trusted and best-rated apps on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

· You can learn more about how to set it up here: kokopu.onlinesafetyhub.nz/parent/topics/Qustodio

· Make your free account here: https://www.qustodio.com/en/30-days-school-special/?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=OSHub&utm_campaign=kokopu-nz

If parents/caregivers want to visit the website https://kokopu.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm to look over our school policies and procedures, please see the following instructions: Enter the username (kokopu) and password (0179). Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.

Don't forget we are collecting Yummy Stickers. So please collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more you collect, the more sports gear you get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!

Email: office@kokopu.school.nz
Website: www.kokopu.school.nz
Location: 921 Kokopu Road, Kokopu, New Zealand
Phone: 094346765
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kokopuschool